by gobbledygook May 17, 2008
The term for a turn around shift in a non-nine to five job.
If you work the closing shift tonight and you have to work the opening shift the next morning, you are clopening.
by katykangaroo March 24, 2009
by Steve Ibey May 13, 2007
Clopening is what one does when an erratic work schedule requires that one works until closing time on a given day, and then that they open on the next day. Variations include "Clopen," "Clopener," etc.
Andy: "Man, babe. I really hate my work schedule. They have me closing tonight, and then I open tomorrow. I'll never get any sleep."
Brenz: "Yup, they have you working a Clopening shift!"
by MadFocus November 21, 2012
Dude, Monday and Tuesday are gonna suck because I have to pull a clopen. I'm off at midnight and have to be back in at 8.
by JK651 January 08, 2007
In retail closing shifts often end between 9 and midnight and opening shifts start between 7 and 9 am. A clopen is a portmanteau of closing one night and then opening the next morning, thus having as little as eight hours to eat, sleep, and shower between shifts. Depending on the kind of retail and the hours involved, clopens can be a mild annoyance or a brutal test of human endurance.
I'd love to hang out tomorrow night, but I'm clopening, so I won't get home until midnight and then need to be up at six am~
by DexRicon July 08, 2009
to work a closing workshift, then opening shift the next day. Common in low paying retail jobs with a new schedule every week.
by capitest November 04, 2014